Werner Zabel

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Werner Zabel (born February 23, 1894 in Elberfeld , † March 8, 1978 in Munich ) was a German ophthalmologist and alternative doctor .

Life

Zabel studied medicine at the universities of Berlin , Innsbruck and Heidelberg . He took part in the First World War. He was approved in 1923 and received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1924 with the text Medical Examinations and Experiences on War Flight . In 1927 he was approved as a specialist in ophthalmology at the University of Munich .

He opened his own practice in Ansbach . In 1932 he became chief physician of the eye department of the Evangelical Hospital in Düsseldorf . In 1934/35 he joined the NS-Volkswohlfahrt (NSV). From autumn 1934 to June 1935 he was head of the 1st Biological Department of the Rudolf-Hess-Hospital in Dresden . In 1936 he joined the NSD Medical Association and the German Air Sports Association (DLV). From 1937 to 1967 he headed the private clinic “Biological Kurheim” in Berchtesgaden . He was well networked with National Socialist officials and worked as a diet consultant for Hitler's personal doctor Theo Morell . In 1941 he joined the NSDAP . In 1943 he was appointed titular professor by Adolf Hitler .

From 1949 he taught holistic medicine on behalf of the West German Medical Association. From 1955 to 1970 he was a member of the scientific council of the International Society for Food and Vital Substance Research (IVG).

Fonts

  • Extension of the limits of conventional medicine. Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1934.
  • Bircher-Benner as the doctor's teacher. In: The turning point in life and suffering. Bircher-Benner, Zurich 16 (1939) pp. 301-304.
  • The change in natural living conditions in the last century. Müller, Dresden 1938.
  • with Maria Schlenz: The Schlenz cure. Practice and theory of fever production by overheating baths. Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1944.
  • The meaning and essence of holistic medicine. Festschrift for the first advanced training course for holistic medicine in Berchtesgaden from September 5th to 17th, 1949. Hippokrates, Stuttgart 1949.
  • The meaning and essence of holistic medicine. Aims and tasks of the holistic medicine courses. Reform of medical literature for practitioners (= series for holistic medicine . Volume 1). Medical publisher, Giessen 1950.
  • The humoral methods of the old doctors (= series of publications for holistic medicine . Volume 5). Medical publisher, Giessen 1950.
  • Fasting. His technique and indication as well as contributions to his physiology (= series of publications for holistic medicine. Volume 6). Medical publisher, Giessen 1950.
  • The generation of a controlled fever (Schlenzbad) (= series of publications for holistic medicine. Volume 7). Medical publisher, Giessen 1950.
  • with Otto Voss : Basic information on herder diseases and joint work in cleaning up herds (= series of publications for holistic medicine . Volume 10). Medical publisher, Giessen 1950.
  • Holistic treatment of tumor diseases. A lecture on the 5th Berchtesgaden course for holistic medicine (= series of publications for holistic medicine. Volume 13). Hippocrates, Stuttgart 1953.
  • Body's own defense against cancer? Presentation at the opening of the 25th anniversary conference of the Central Association of Doctors for Naturopathic Treatment on September 15, 1964 in Freudenstadt. Medical-Literary Publishing House, Hamburg 1964.
  • Internal cancer therapy and the cancer patient's diet. Bircher-Benner, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 1968. (9th edition 1982).
  • Additional therapy of tumor diseases. Haug, Heidelberg 1970.
  • Malaria therapy for carcinoma. Eden Foundation, Bad Soden 1971.
  • Small dose radiation in the therapy of tumor diseases. Edited by the Eden Foundation for the Promotion of Natural Lifestyle and Health Care. Eden Foundation, Bad Soden 1980.

literature

  • Robert Jütte : History of Alternative Medicine. From folk medicine to today's unconventional therapies. Beck, Munich 1996, pp. 42–55: The “New German Medicine” or: the failed attempt at a “synthesis” (1933–1945). Pp. 55–65: “Holistic medicine” versus “technical medicine” (1945–1995).
  • Jörg Melzer: Whole food nutrition: dietetics, naturopathy, National Socialism, social demands. Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, p. 307, fn. 106.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Brauchle : Naturopathy in Life Pictures . Reclam, Leipzig 1937, p. 413 f.
personal data
SURNAME Zabel, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist and alternative medicine
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1978
Place of death Munich